Local residents share news of visits and returns home
Mrs Carl Boner appears on the ink list while Ben Hoover’s recovery is noted as home soon. Delmay Allen enjoys a two week vacation. Herb Gilmore entertains his Detroit relatives. Everette Allen visits his mothers Dorothy Allen and Louise Bauer. Robert Miller and daughter Cheryl attend a Lansing wedding. Don Rosenfield returns from Germany on a fourteen day furlough visiting friends. Delmar Allen and children visit Geo Hilborn in Gladwin. Lois Saul returns to Saginaw work after vacation with Art Saul. Tom Twyer tethers at Mar Alem home with Demar Alleh and family. Robert Miller and daughter visit near Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Boner
Ben Hoover
Delmay Allen
Herb Gilmore
Hinje Gilmores
Detroit
Everette Allen
Dorothy Allen
Louise Bauer
Robert Miller
Cheryl
Lansing
Don Rosenfield
Germany
Delmar Allen
Geo. Hilborn
Gladwin
Lois Saul
Saginaw
Art Saul
Marilyn Davis Taken To Children’s Hospital July 25
Marilyn Davis was admitted to Children’s Hospital on July 25 with no definite return date. Visitors included Mx and Mrs Roy Davis of Springfield Ohio at Perry Davis’s home. Detroit residents Helen Sanders and Jack Simms visited relatives and attended Sanders reunion. J C Coats visited Angola Indiana family. Newman and Dysinger families traveled from Mancelona cherry orchards trip. J C Newman and Carmon Newman hosts on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Davis
Children's Hospital
Roy Davis
Springfield
Ohio
Perry Davis
Helen Sanders
Jack Simms
Detroit
Sanders
Angola
Indiana
J. GC. Newman
Dan Dysinger
Mancelona
J. C. Newman
Carmon Newman
Pleasant Valley Weekend Socials and Visits
Nt and Mrs Alex Duck and other relatives spent a weekend visiting relatives at various homes. The Hartwick Pines trip was enjoyed by several, including Mr and Mrs Forrest Lesth and Rochelle, and Orville Bates and Janice Rose. Weekend visitors included Louis McDowell and daughter from Marshall and Otto Kleiner family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Duck
Matdon
Mra
Mayme Runyan
Forrest Lesth
Rochelle
Orville Bates
Janice Rose
Hartwick Pines
Wm. Hutchinson
Mable Leeth
Forrest Garver
Brown
Carol Burk
Hutchinson
Louis McDowell
Marshall
Otto Kleiner
Dick McDowell
Bkieiner
Warren Heiser
C. Heiger
Clare
Emery
Hughes
Rockford
Ohio
Howard Penrose
Sadie Clare
Charles Burnagh
Milwaukee
Gilmore 4H Club Meets at Williams Home
The Gilmore 4H Club met July 30 at Carl Williams home with seven members present and a new member Lucille Phipps. Iva Freeman reported on the 4 H camp attended. Next meeting set for Lucille Phipps home on August 18 led by Patsy Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Local Gossip and Community Notes From the Pedgrift Area
Mr and Mrs Carl Rogers reside in the David Wiggins house while Mrs Nora Middleton spends summer with her son and wife Amil Middleton. Jean Shilling, now employed at Hubert Motor Co as typist and clerk, calls from Pontiac. The 4-H club fundraiser features Ada Sherman, Doren sisters, and Iva Ruth Freeman. proceeds near 15 dollars fund the fair building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rogers
David Wiggins
Nora Middleton
Amil Middleton
Jean Shilling
Pontiac
Hubert Motor Co
Grange
Dale Laverty
Milo
Carl Shilling
Joe
Don Cook
Betty Somers
Arden
Pedsrifts
Gilmore 4-H
Iva Ruth Freeman
Doren Sisters
Farwell
Ada Sherman
Somers
Marjorie Hileman
Billy Case
Harrison
Denver
Cole
Wellington Robison
Louis Harmon
Bath
Eisie Wood
Pedgrift
Andersonville Social News Echoes Big Family Visits
Mrs Jay Haring and Sharon visited at Charley Haring's home. Petoskey business took Mrs John Tice and daughters Kay and Marilee, and Mrs Jack Tice there. The Blarney Club meets the 14th at Mrs Joe Strief’s. Visitors include the Renner family of Coleman and others from Saginaw Pontiac and Owosso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Haring
Sharon
Charley Haring
John Tice
Kay
Marilee
Jack Tice
Petoskey
Andersonville
New Columbia Sheep Made to Order Breed Profile
The Columbia sheep emerged from USDA work circa 1912 to blend wool and meat traits from the Lincoln and Rambouillet. It has a dedicated registry via the Columbia Sheep Breeders Association, is mainly a range flock with farming use, and yields about 12 pounds of fleece per year per ewe at roughly 3 1/2 inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Columbia
USDA
Columbia Sheep Breeders’ Association
Columbia
New Corn Ear Worm Control Introduced for Sweet Corn
A new contact insecticide using styrenadibromide in mineral oil offers corn ear worm control for sweet corn and hybrid seed corn as a substitute for pyrethrum. Apply to silks when ends turn brown, repeating as not all ears brown simultaneously, using a hand applicator delivering a 20 drop dosage from a half pint container.
Feather Fabric Could Boost Poultry Income in Future
USDA specialists have developed feather fabric that mimics wool. The process turns feather protein into fibers via a chemical dope and spinneret, yielding a warm light fabric. While unlikely to threaten cotton or wool, it may provide extra revenue for poultrymen and compete with higher priced textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Aew
USDA
Cultivation Increases Bermuda Grass Yields
Oklahoma experiments show disking bermuda sod lightly every other year raises yield by about 26 percent. Tests used a thin stand of grass and found bermuda responds to heavier disking than native grass. Tillage helped prevent center die off in clumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Bermuda
Commons Rebuild Plan After 1941 London Blitz
London plans a new house of commons to replace the blitzed chamber. King George VI to lay a cornerstone. construction aims five to six years prioritizing blitzed docks and workers' areas. The old 350-seat chamber will be enlarged with modern heating and ventilation and galleries expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Ministry of Works
United Press
George VI
House of Lords
Commons
Col
Clifton Brown
Colonel Brown
Earl Lloyd George
Seagull Birth Control Deployed to Protect Inland Crops
US game management agents launch a campaign to curb crop damage by seagulls 100 miles inland. On islands between Jonesport and the Isles of Shoals off New Hampshire coast they spray nests with a water soluble oil emulsion to seal egg pores and stop embryo development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
United States Game Management
Jonesport
Isle of Shoals
New Hampshire
Lee F. Brackett
Vermont
Phone First Time Reveals Missing Son Alive in San Francisco
Mrs Helen Tronko used a telephone for the first time to hear Pvt Michael Tronko alive after a year missing in action. The soldier, reported missing since May 22 1945 and presumed dead, was found at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco after appearing at Army headquarters on Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Helen .Tronko
Michael Tronko
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Adjutant General’s Office
Five Room House Painted In Five Minutes At Marion
In Marion Illinois thirty eight men completed painting a five room house in five minutes and thirty four seconds as onlookers cheered. The event featured a painter with one arm and was originally planned for fifty workers. Albert Turner, ill and retired, owned the home now painted by A A Roberts and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ill
A. A. Roberts
Albert Turner
Turner
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Dover News
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Demar Alleh
Lake City
Brush College
Rabb’s
McEwan St
Gibson
Southside
Sunoco Service
South McEwan
Lenex Furnaces
the Trading Post
Neal Joslin
Farwell, Michigan
del. Bradley
Pleasant
Gilmore Grange
Manley Smith
Earl Grace
Raymond Lennox
Freddie Phillips
Lennox
Otis Lennox
Mr. Lennox
Wm. Lennox
Harry Lennox
Lawrence Allinson
Mr. Pleasant
Judy Galosky
Midland Hospital
Ralph Smith
John A. Smith
Art Terry
Ranick
Raymond Dobbs
Coates
Smith
Bruce Morrison
Jack Morrison
Max Morrison
Frank Bissett
Donald Morrison
Bill Leosh
Idaho Columbia
Son
Fifth and
Jefferson
Michigan
Alton Carpenter
Nola
UE Dees
Mars
McGuire and
Campbell
Firestone Store
Mich
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